[MusicFriends] THIS WEEKEND IN WNY

[Howard Blumenthal]

ROCHESTER AREA:

The wonderful Fiddlers' Fair...

For over a quarter century, the area's best traditional music event  
–– the Fiddlers' Fair at Genesee Country Village, 1410 Flint Hill Rd.  
in Mumford (less than 25 miles southwest of Rochester).  Hundreds of  
musicians and thousands of spectators, four stages with individual  
fiddlers, fiddle bands and clubs, students, amateurs and pros,  
performing for two full days.  Plus a country-western "open mike" for  
the singers, teaching workshops, performances by the Harp Guild on  
Sunday, non-stop jamming with guitars, banjos, hammered dulcimers,  
and mandolins joining the fiddlers scattered all 'round the restored  
village and the "Great Meadow."  My group the Flint Hill Folk will be  
the host band, kicking off the festival each day, MC-ing the main  
stage, and backing up fiddlers who need guitar, piano, bass or  
whatever.  If you like Northern, Southern, or Celtic fiddle music,  
you should be there; find out more at http://www.gcv.org , the  
Village's website.


Saturday-Sunday, August 19-20: As mentioned above, it's the Old-Time  
Fiddlers' Fair at Genesee Country Village, 1410 Flint Hill Rd. in  
Mumford;  continuous music 11 a.m.-5 p.m. both days; scheduled  
appearances by the Flint Hill Folk, Great Bear Trio, City Fiddle,  
East Rochester Celtic Music Society, Hootin' Holler Hotshots, Rosie's  
Ready Mix, Fort Hill String Band, Marty O'Keefe & Ted McGraw, Jackie  
Hobbs, Ernie McDonald, Bill Gregg, Almost Irish, Fiddlers of the  
Genesee, Fiddlestix, Sassanak Ladies, String Song Mandolin Orchestra,  
Frontier Middle School Fiddlers, etc., etc.  Free admission for  
musicians, too.  I'll manage the main stage, and play a lot of back- 
up; see www.gcv.org and learn more.
Saturday, August 19: A day at the Fiddlers' Fair, then a Civil War  
Ball at Hamlin Beach State Park, 7-10 p.m.; music by Flint Hill Folk,  
Jim Kimball calling.

- ALLEN HOPKINS
(585)482-6062
www.allenhopkins.org


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BUFFALO:
Third Saturday in August Dance
Saturday, August 19, 2006
Unitarian Universalist Church
corner of Elmwood Ave. and West Ferry
in the heart of the Elmwood Village

  6:30 - Folk Dance Demonstration/Lesson
  8 p.m. to 11 p.m


  DANCING IN AUGUST!  A SECOND IN A SERIES OF SPECIAL SUMMER DANCES!
Join us this Saturday, the Third Saturday in August , the 19th

a nite of dancing, and music (and a folk dance demonstration/lesson  
at 6:30, so come early)
with

Steve Pevo and Friends
Another great local group, full of great lyrical tunes and catching  
energy, together with our wonderful
Chautauqua and Erie County caller,
Dave Brown.
His gentle wit and feeling for the dance have taught us all!
We are so lucky to have this great combination....in August!
6:30 - Folk Dance Demonstration/Lesson
  8 p.m. to 11 p.m
Saturday, August 19, 2006
Unitarian Universalist Church
corner of Elmwood Ave. and West Ferry
in the heart of the Elmwood Village

Check out QCCD's website, and calendar at
www.qccd.org

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